Lexington Books
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978-1-7936-1475-9 • Hardback • May 2020 • $90.00 • (£69.00)
978-1-7936-1477-3 • Paperback • November 2021 • $39.99 • (£31.00)
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Leland Royce Harper is assistant professor of philosophy at Siena Heights University.
ContentsAcknowledgments Chapter 1IntroductionChapter 2The Case for the MultiverseChapter 3The Theist and the MultiverseChapter 4Attributes of a Deistic GodChapter 5Why Being a Deist May Not Be So BadChapter 6Possible Alternative Version of DeismChapter 7Potential Difficulties and Further Lines of Inquiry for the Multiverse DeistChapter 8Practical Considerations and Concluding Thoughts
References
About the Author
This book fits very well into the discussion of science and theology/religion and opens up interesting debates.
— European Society for the Study of Science and Theology
"Deism is a fascinating, though neglected, alternative to traditional theism. In Multiverse Deism: Shifting Perspectives of God and the World, Leland Harper revives this view in a novel way by considering the metaphysical implications of cutting-edge research on the multiverse. I highly recommend this book to students and scholars in science, religion, and philosophy."
— Yujin Nagasawa, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
"Wouldn't divine goodness create immensely many universes? Harper provides an impressively
wide-ranging discussion of this question and of how it might influence our concept of God."
— John Leslie, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
"In Multiverse Deism, Leland Royce Harper makes a significant contribution to the growing body of work on alternatives to classical theism. He develops and explores the implications of a deistic metaphysics of the divine, making a strong case for taking such an alternative seriously. Anyone working on the metaphysics of the divine—especially those interested in alternatives to classical theism—should read this book."
— Andrei Buckareff, Marist College
"Harper explores and clarifies the various logical and conceptual connections that hold between deism and free will, the divine attributes, natural theology, the problem of evil, the problem of divine hiddenness, and divine action. This is an engaging and clearly written book, one that belongs on the bookshelf of anyone who is interested in the interface between contemporary cosmology, the philosophy of religion, and philosophical theology. I highly recommend it."
— Colin Ruloff, Kwantlen Polytechnic University